Building the national parks
Subtitle: historic landscape design and construction
By: Linda Flint McClelland.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univesity Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
Subjects: United States. National Park Service -- History; Park facilities -- United States -- Design and construction -- History; National parks and reserves -- United States -- Design -- History; Parks -- United States -- Design and construction -- History; Landscape design -- United States -- History
Description: Since its founding in 1916, the National Park Service has been charged with two equally important and often conflicting missions: to preserve our country's natural wonders for future generations and to develop national parks for the appreciation and enjoyment of visitors.

Recalling the era of the great lodges at Yellowstone and Yosemite, Building the National Parks tells the story of how the new bureau's landscape designers, architects, and engineers met each of these challenges, forging a rich legacy of buildings, roads, and trails that both harmonized with the natural scenery and accommodated visitors to the parks.

Their achievements - detailed for the first time here - have greatly influenced the design of state and local parks and other recreational areas across the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-573) and index.
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Interagency Resources Division, National Register of Historic Places, 1993.